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The GOP has manufactured 5 fake crises to deflect our attention from the real crisis

Republican leaders have mastered the art of manufacturing crises to divert the public's attention from the real crisis of our era the siphoning off of income, wealth, and power by a small group at the top

House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent

It's official, Social Media is toxic for our youth

A Student Well-being Activist Shares What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Children

U.S. Department of Education announces additional Project SERV Grants to HBCUs

Project SERV provides short-term funding for local educational agencies and institutions of higher education that have experienced a violent or traumatic incident to assist in restoring a safe environment conducive to learning

Beware of Machiavellian interests seeping into the news

Sadly, gun violence being what it is in America, it would only be a matter of time before this column would be written

Millions breathing hazardous air as smoke from Canadian wildfires streams south over US

NEW YORK (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, holding up flights at major airports, postponing Major League Baseball games and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks

"I See Myself and the Books Give Me Hope"

Amanda Gorman, the eloquent 25-year-old Harvard graduate who was our nation's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, recently became one of the latest authors to have her work banned after a Florida parent petitioned to have The Hill We Climb, the book version of the poem Gorman read at President Biden's inauguration, removed from the elementary school section of a Miami-Dade County public school library

As Supreme Court considers affirmative action, colleges see few other ways to diversity goals

WASHINGTON (AP) — As an alternative to affirmative action, colleges from California to Florida have tried a range of strategies to achieve the diversity they say is essential to their campuses

Governor Shapiro highlights budget proposal's comprehensive approach to increasing mental health support for students

Governor Josh Shapiro visits Parkland High School in Allentown to meet with students and hear about their experiences with mental health and to highlight his proposed budget investments in mental health resources for schools and counties. Pictured here are students and leaders from the Parkland High School District. Allentown, Pennsylvania. May 25, 2023

Kinsey Fresh Food Financing Initiative bill approved by House Committee

HARRISBURG, June 6 – Today, legislation (H.B. 580), introduced by state Reps. Stephen Kinsey, Danilo Burgos, and Morgan Cephas, all DPhila., to re-establish the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative was approved by the PA House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

The woke derangement syndrome

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been touted as the presidential candidate who offers Trump without the drama, a Trump who can win rather than lose

Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity set to host a "Safer Summer In Philly" Weekend of Action June 2-4

Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity has something really special happening this weekend

Wear Orange

May 29 was Memorial Day in the United States, and the long weekend that is traditionally observed with shared American remembrance made headlines again for the shared all-American epidemic of gun violence

Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago, prompting wave of new voting rules

ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press forward with a similar law that had been on hold

About What CNN did to Don Lemon

I’ve been giving CNN what might appear to look like a pass for many months now. However, truth be told, every sentence we write and every story we tell in the SCOOP Newspaper is important

Get rid of your ANGER

The Apostle Paul states this about \"ANGER\"... “don’t sin by letting anger control you. Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.

2045 Freight Movement Plan provides strategic vision for Pennsylvania freight

HARRISBURG, PA, May 17, 2023 – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that the 2045 Freight Movement Plan (FMP), a comprehensive strategic plan for moving goods throughout the Commonwealth, is available on PennDOT’s website

PUC Alerts Consumers of June 1 Electric Price Changes; Urges Exploring Shopping & Conservation Options to #SaveinPA

HARRISBURG, May 17, 2023-The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) alerted consumers that on June 1 most electric utilities will be adjusting electric generation prices charged to non-shopping, or default service, customers reminded them they have options to #SaveinPA this summer, including shopping with competitive electric generation suppliers (EGSs) and exploring energy efficiency and conservation measures around their home or business

No more hoisting immigration woes on COVID - The end of Title 42

Remember the hysteria over Y2K

Here are all of the abortion debates happening this week in US courts and statehouses

Abortion opponents are trying again to implement restrictions in the latest round of court and legislative action on the divisive issue

We must stop Trump fascism - the danger is now

Last Wednesday evening marked the unofficial start of Donald Trump’s campaign to be reelected president of the United States

Justice dies when politicians turn vigilantism into a campaign stunt

On his way to see whether his expected presidential bid can play in Peoria, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis upstaged himself with a newsmaking tweet

Mayor Brandon Johnson's 'holistic' ideas got him elected. Can they be enacted?

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson barely had time to savor his victory before he was facing new questions about an issue that dominated this year’s mayoral race more than any other

12 year old Alana Inez, Makes Noise with "Minor in a Major World"

Kierra Sheard, Jekalyn Carr and Kelontae Gavin are a few artists that come to mind who you think of child gospel music prodigies

Parent & Youth Resource Fair connects families, teens to wealth of opportunities, programs

PHILADELPHIA, May 6, 2023 – The City of Philadelphia held a free Parent & Youth Resource Fair at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Saturday, May 6, 2023

Governor Shapiro hosts National Governors Association Roundtable on Youth Mental Health with Governor Phil Murphy and Governor John Carney

PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 18, 2023— Governor Josh Shapiro hosted a National Governors Association (NGA) roundtable on youth mental health in Philadelphia with NGA Chair New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Delaware Governor John Carney, and frontline leaders in youth mental health care

Cephas celebrates third edition of Overbrook Night Market

PHILADELPHIA , May 12 – State Rep. Morgan Cephas, D-Phila., celebrated the third year of The Overbrook Night Market in her district on Thursday, May 11, 2023

So much work to do

Mothers Grandmothers Women

The many accomplices to the Killing of Jordan Neely

“His mental illness screamed of profits prioritized over people …His Blackness disquieted the American ideals and sensibilities that proclaim us all equal

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin H. Rap Brown (Pt 2)

During his imprisonment in the ’70s, he went in H. Rap Brown and came out Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin